Jags Still in the Running for Mike Vick

Here’s one reason Michael Vick going to Jacksonville – a scenario floated by some last week – is unlikely to happen: New general manager Gene Smith made an offseason commitment to change the culture in the Jaguars’ locker room, and signing Vick would send a mixed message. If owner Wayne Weaver steps in thinking about sagging ticket sales, that’s a different story.

I get the biggest kick out of these newspapers in Boston or LA or other locations so far removed from Jacksonville who somehow are “in the know” about what the Jags are going to do. Let’s get this straight: VICK IS NOT COMING TO JACKSONVILLE. Gene Smith, the new GM, was given a directive and a hatchet to clean up the locker room mess, and he’s done that. Why would we bring in someone like Mike Vick? What kind of example would that say after trying so hard in the offseason to repair the team’s image? You bring in Vick, and then the questions about who will be QB will surface. Sorry, but the Leftwich-Garrard controversy that raged for 5+ years is something I have no desire to repeat. Some people think that any publicity is good publicity. Wayne Weaver is not one of those owners. Mike Vick will NOT be playing in teal. End of story.